Vehicle wheel



W. N. BOOTH VEHICLE WHEEL Filed April ll,- 1927 /1/z// am /l./ Hagan??? WILLIAM N. BOOTH, 0F DETROIT, MICHI Patented Aug. 4, 1931 GAN. ASSIGNOR TO KELSEY-HAYES WHEEL CORPORATION,r OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, CORPORATION OF NEW YORK VEHICLE WHEEL Application mea April 11,y

The invention relates to vehicle Wheels and has for 'its main object the forming of a hub, a Wire Wheel body, a disk Wheel body anda Wooden spoked Wheel body in such a manner that either of the bodies may be mounted upon the hub and the tire carrying rim upon either of thesebodies occupy substantially the same position relative to the hub. Another object is to provide bolts upon the hub yWhich may be used in securing either of the bodies to the hub. A further object resides inthe features of construction of the Wooden spoked Wheel body adapting the saine for mounting upon the hub. IVith these as Well as other objects in View, the invention resides in the Vcombinations and arrangements of parts as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings Figure l is a transverse section through a y Wire Wheel nular projections 12 and their Figure 2 is a transverse section through a disk Wheel;

Figure 3 is altransverse section through a Wooden spoked Wheel.

As shown in Figure l, the Wire Wheel body comprises the hub shell l formed of sheet metal, the rim 2 which in the present instance is a tire carrying rim, and the front and rear sets of spokes 3 and l respectively connecting the hub shell to the rim. 5 is the hub having the barrel 6 and the radial fixed flange 7. The barrel has the annular shoulder 8 for cooperating with the annular shoulder 9 upon the hub shell While the fixed flange has the series of recesses 10 in its front face formed with taperedV annular Walls 11 for engagement with the outer faces of the tapered annular projections 12 upon the hub shell. Outwardly beyond these tapered annular flanges is the annular rib 13 which is adapted to contact with the fixed flange 7 near its outer edge. The annular sloulder 9, the annular rib 13 and the ancooperating faces upon the hub 5 arer so arranged that When thewvire Wheel bodyl is being secured to the hub the annular shoulder 9 first contactswith the annular shoulder 8 upon the hub barrel 6, then the annular rib 13 contacts 1927. Serial No. 182,823.

with the fixed hub flange 7 and finally the annular projections 12 contact with the annular Walls 11 upon the fixed hub flange, this being permitted by resilient flexing of the hub shell and particularly its radially extending portion formed with the annular rib 13 and the annular projections 12.

To secure the Wire Wheel body to the hub, I have provided the series of transverse bolts 14 which are non-rotatably xedly secured in the fixed hub flange 7 and extend axially through the recesses 1() and also through the annular projections 12. These bolts are engageable by the nuts 15 having tapered annular faces 1'6 for engaging the inner faces of the annular projections 12. With this arrangement the annular projections 12 drive rthe Wire Wheel body with the hub and further resiliently frictionally lock the nuts upon the bolts.

As shown in Figure 2, the hub 17 is the saine as the hub 5 and the transverse securing bolts 18 are also the same as the bolts 14 and also the nuts 19 may be the same as the nuts 15. Detachably mountedupon this hub is the disk Wheel body comprising the disk 20 and the riin 21, which in the present instance is a tiro carrying riln. The disk is provided at its inner edge with the annular shoulder 22 for cooperating with the annular shoulder upon the barrel of the hub and is provided with the outwardly spaced series of tapered annular projections 23 for engaging the recesses 24 in the fixed hub flange. OutWardly beyond these annular projections the disk is provided with the annular rib 25 for contacting with the front face of the fixed hub flange. The arrangement is such that the median plane of the rim 21 occupies the same position relative to the hub or more particularly its fixed flange as'the median plane of the rim 2 to the hub orlits fixed flange, as shown in Figure 1.

As shown in Figure 3, a Wooden spoked Wheel body is mounted upon the hub 26 which is exactly the saine as the hubs 5 or 17. In order to make this Wooden spokcd Wheel body interchangeable with the Wire Wheel or disk Wheel bodies so that it may be mounted upon the same hub and the median plane of its tire carrying rim occupies substantially the saine position relative to the hub as the median plane of the tire carrying rims of the other bodies, I have constructed the Wooden spoked Wheel body as follows: 27 vare 'the Woodenvspokes having inner beveled ends 28 Which are located immediatelY adjacent the front face of the fixed hub flange as is also'thef case in the other types of Wheel bodies previously mentioned. 29 is the channel shaped metallic felly at' the outer ends of the spokes and. 30 is the tire carrying rim., This rim isshrunk upon the flanges of the felly and is laterally offsetrearward relative'to thel felly so that the. median plane of' the. rim will be properly located relative to the hub. At the same time the connection betWen the rim and felly Vis substantial. vThe Wooden spoked Wheel body is formed at the inner ends of its spokes with thehub opening 31 which has an enlarged and preferably beveled rear end portion 32. 33 is a bushing fitting into thisropening and adapted to slidably engage the barrel of the hub 26 rearwardly of its annular shoulder. 34 is a resilient clamping plate or ring at the front side of the beveled innerends 28 of the spokes and having at its inner edge the forwardly extending flange 35 abutting the outwardly extending annular flange 36 at the front end of the bushing 33, the arrangement being such that the clamping plate or ring is firmly secured to the Wooden spoked Wheel body and forms a unit therewith. The beveled inner ends 28 of the spokes are provided With the transverse openings 37 in alignment or registering with the securing bolts 38 which are the same as the securing bolts 14 and 1S. These`Y openings have Aa diameter such that ,they may receive sleeve members 39 which are adapted to extend into the recessesl 1n the vfrontface of the fixed hub flange and contact WithV their tapered annular Walls to rotatively positionY and hold the Wooden spoked Wheel body relative tothehub.y i0 are the clamping nuts which have the'shanks ll extending Within the sleeve members 39 vand are threaded upon the vbolts 88. :These nuts also have the tapered annular shoulders Y 4t2 Which are engageable with the inner f faces of the taperedaannular projections 43 upon the clamping plate or ring 34; The

f outer faces of these annular projections are adapted to be forced into contact With `corresponding Walls Vof the recesses 44 in the front faces of the beveled ends 28 of the Y spokes, these recesses forming in eect en-` largements at the front endsl of the transverse openings 37. v The clamping plate or ring flais so arranged that it normally bears upon the beveled ends 2801i the spokes near. its outer edge as-l at 45 and near itsy inner edge as at 46, theintermediate portion be` ing provided With the annular projections. As a result, tightening up of the nuts d() resiliently secures the spokedvvheel body to the hub and the clamping plate or ring serves to resiliently frictionally lock the nuts upon their bolts.

From the above description, Vit 'Will be readily seen that I have so formed the hub, the Wire Wheel body, the disk wheel body and the Wooden spoked Wheel body that-either of of these bodies may be mounted upon the same hub and the tire carrying rim secured to thisbody occupies the same position relatively to the hub. f It will also be seen that the construction is such that the same securing bolts may be used and .further vthat means isprovided for driving either of the bodies from the hub independent .of the securing bolts or nuts, the latter being used to hold the Wheel body upon the hub.

What I claim as my invention is:

In a vehicle Wheel, in combination, a hub member having a radial fixed flange with recesses in its front face, transverse bolts upon said fixed iiange extending through said recesses, a Wooden spoked Wheel body mounted upon said hub member immediately adjacent the front face of said fixed flange and having transverse openings in alignment Vwith said bolts, means for holding said body positioned with respect to said hub member including a sleeved member,

Within one of the transverse openings of said body and extending into one of the recesses of said fixed flange, and means for Vdetachably securing said body to said hub 

